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microphotograph
[mahy-kruh-foh-tuh-graf, -grahf]
noun
a small photograph requiring optical enlargement to render it visible in detail.
a photomicrograph.
microphotograph
/ -ˌɡræf, ˌmaɪkrəʊfəˈtɒɡrəfɪ, ˌmaɪkrəʊˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf /
noun
a photograph in which the image is greatly reduced and therefore requires optical enlargement for viewing purposes
a less common name for microcopy photomicrograph
Other 51Թ Forms
- microphotographic adjective
- microphotography noun
- ˌˌdzٴˈ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of microphotograph1
Example Sentences
He seemed to remember a microphotograph of a creature like those in the book he had studied, but the name that had gone with it eluded him.
From a microphotograph surgically implanted in his body, he finds the address of a bank in Zurich, an account that yields him more than $5 million, and a name: Jason Charles Bourne.
But perhaps the most astonishing thing, though I did not think of it until later, was that the compound eye of the insect, did not convey to it the impression of a vast number of separate pictures, such as the eye produces when a microphotograph is taken through it.
Kennedy picked up another microphotograph.
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